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Farmers' Union speaker backs buyers' boycott urged in Des Moines
A Des Moines Farmers' Union talk urged a sixty day buyers' boycott to pressure industry to fix farm conditions. The piece argues against faulting industry or government and warns of harsher harm from a boycott, urging calm study and effective legislation instead. It discusses Wisconsin politics, McNary Haugen ideas, farm census results, and rail land sales in Appanoose County.
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Farmers’ Union
Des Moines
United States
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Phillip LaFollette
Kohler
LaFollettes
la Follette
C. L. Gunderson
Canada
Gunderson
Alsho
McNary-Haugen
Farm Board
Hoover
North Western Railway
R. A. Miller
Pocahontas County
Powhatan
Garfield
Roosevelt
Powhatan Township
Garfield Township
Roosevelt Township
Colfax Township
Lizard Township
Iowa
Appanoose County
Appanoose